WEST JORDAN, UTAH — GPR Ventures has entered the Utah market with the purchase of an industrial warehouse property situated on 3.6 acres in West Jordan. Terms of the transaction were not released. BC Technical, a diagnostic imaging solutions and services provider, occupies the 48,234-square-foot facility, which features a 35,632-square-foot manufacturing and assembly area and a 13,602-square-foot office space. The property offers raised floors with an anti-static covering throughout the office space to accommodate extensive wiring and fiber optics that run underneath, heavy-duty capacity HVAC systems, multiple climate-controlled computer areas with independent HVAC systems, high-efficiency fluorescent lighting and a sprinkler system that covers the entire building.
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, UTAH — Buchanan Street Partners has completed the sale of Ascent in Cottonwood, a multifamily property located at 1151 E. 6720 S in Cottonwood Heights. Warmington Properties acquired the community for an undisclosed price. Built in 1996, the property features 160 apartments, a swimming pool with poolside pergola, outside television, bocce ball court and dog park. Danny Shin, Brock Zylstra, Steve Gebing and Cliff David of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller in the transaction.
SALT LAKE CITY — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has arranged the sale of a creative office building located at 324 S. State St. in downtown Salt Lake City. Hamilton Partners and Cantor Equities sold the asset to Mortenson Cos., the real estate investment arm of M.A. Mortenson Cos., for an undisclosed price. The recently renovated, five-story building features 221,145 square feet of creative office space. The property features large floorplates, scenic views, fitness center, adjacent parking structure, collaborative common areas and signage. Additionally, the building features ground-floor retail space that Ginger Street restaurant occupies. At the time of sale, the asset was 75 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including Ancestory.com, Spectrum Engineers and Utah’s Department of Financial Institutions. Kevin Shannon, Ken White, Rick Stumm and Bryce Blanchard of NKF brokered the transaction.
SALT LAKE CITY — RED Mortgage Capital has provided a $39.3 million in Federal Housing Administration (FHA) financing for Liberty BLVD, an apartment community located in Salt Lake City. The borrower is Cowboy Properties. Liberty BLVD features 266 mixed-income apartments with a walkable location on the east side of downtown Salt Lake City. Twenty percent of the units are restricted to households earning up to 50 percent of the area median income. The community features 3,900 square feet of commercial space and resident amenities, including a lounge, fitness center, swimming pool, sun deck and rooftop terrace. The FHA Section 223(a)(7) loan will refinance existing debt derived from the property’s FHA Section 207/221(d)(4) financing in 2016. The reduced interest rate from the refinance will result in additional cash flow for the borrower.
SALT LAKE CITY — Developer Lowe Property Group, architect MVE + Partners and general contractor Zwick Construction have broken ground on 6th & Main, a mixed-use development in downtown Salt Lake City. The eight-story structure will feature 10,100 square feet of commercial space and 141,149 square feet of residential apartments. Totaling 283,936 square feet, 6th & Main will offer 170 market-rate apartments in a mix of modern studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts, a street-level lounge, co-working space, parking garage, two-level fitness center, swimming pool, spa, rooftop clubroom and viewing terrace. The property is slated to open for leasing in fall 2022.
SANDY, UTAH — Towne Storage has completed the disposition of Towne Storage Sandy, a self-storage facility located off Interstate 15 in Sandy, approximately 20 minutes south of downtown Salt Lake City. Terms of the transaction were not released. Storage…Etc. will rebrand and manage the 60,700-square-foot facility. Built in 1993 and 1997, the property features 379 rentable spaces ranging from 25 square feet to 400 square feet, a leasing office, gated access, digital video surveillance and an on-site manager. Jordan Farrer and Adam Schlosser of The LeClaire-Schlosser Group of Marcus & Millichap’s Denver office represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
OGDEN, UTAH — Chicago-based Orchard Apartments has purchased Parkwood Apartments, a multifamily property located at 120 Dan St. in Ogden. Crapse Building One sold the property for close to the $3.3 million list price. Vicente Cantua of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the deal. Parkwood Apartments features 20 two-bedroom units, 15 of which are two-bedroom/two-bath layouts and five are two-bedroom/one-bath floor plans. The property is 100 percent Section 8 housing with a 20-year Housing Assistance Payments contract that renewed in June.
WEST VALLEY CITY, UTAH — Sansone Group, in partnership with Argos Capital Partners, has acquired a 24.8-acre land parcel located in West Valley City for an undisclosed price. The partnership plans to develop a two-building, rear-load, Class A industrial property on the site. The development will offer a total of 404,800 square feet. This the first partnership between Sansone and Argos Capital Partners, a private investment management firm focused on serving ultra-affluent families.
KAYSVILLE, UTAH — Lincoln Property Co. (LPC) has acquired Access Park, an industrial campus in Kaysville and the company’s first acquisition in Utah. Access Park LLC sold the property for an undisclosed price. Located at 505 N. Kays Drive within Kaysville Business Park, Access Park features a total of 212,950 square feet of Class A industrial space spread across three fully occupied buildings. The park includes two newly built, 69,101-square-foot distribution buildings and one 74,784-square-foot industrial and manufacturing building. The facilities offer clear heights ranging from 22 feet to 32 feet and a total of 74 dock-high and ground-level doors. LPC Desert West will manage Access Park as part of its more than 7 million-square-foot regional management portfolio. Kip Paul, Rhett Bue and Jorgi Paul of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
SALT LAKE CITY — The first phase of Salt Lake City International Airport’s $4 billion expansion is now complete and set to open Tuesday, Sept. 15. HOK Architects designed the project, which features more efficient passenger flow, visual aesthetics, new amenities and high environmental standards. The airport serves more than 26 million passengers per year. Airport officials say that the original facilities, designed 50 years ago, were no longer efficient for use as a modern hub airport and were not built to today’s earthquake standards. The project was funded with federal grants, user fees, airport revenue bonds and airport reserves. Construction began in July 2014. Completion of all phases is slated for 2024. Leading the construction was HDJV, a joint venture between Holder Construction and Big-D Construction. AOJV, a joint venture between Austin Commercial and Okland Construction, led construction of the North Concourse. Design and engineering partners included HNTB, Colvin Engineering, Reaveley Engineers + Associates and Dunn Associates. The new terminal is designed to eliminate airplane parking bottlenecks and enable airlines to get planes back in the air more quickly. Napa, Calif.-based artist Gordon Huether completed art installations within the project. The largest installation, The Canyon, reflects Utah’s landscape and …